Thursday, October 2, 2008

Elearn Geometry Problem 187

Right Triangle, Altitude, Incenter, Angles

See complete Problem 187 at:
www.gogeometry.com/problem/p187_right_triangle_circle.htm

Right Triangle, Altitude, Incenters, Circles, Angles. Level: High School, SAT Prep, College geometry

Post your solutions or ideas in the comments.

4 comments:

  1. O is the mid-point of EF, K is a point on BD such that KO⊥EF
    as mFOK=2mFDK and OF=OD, O is the circumcenter of FDK, and hence F,D,E,K concyclic with center O
    as mEKF=2EBF and KE=KF, K is the circumcenter of BFE, and hence mKBF=mBFK
    extmBFD=mKBF+45°=mBFK+45°=mBFE, and hence mGFB=mBFD, ⊿BFG≡⊿BFD (ASA)
    finally we get BH=BD=BG, and B is the circumcenter of HDG
    mHDG=270/2=135°

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  2. Solution of problem 187.
    In problem 186 it was proved that BG = BD. It can be proved similarly that BH=BD. So, H, D and G belong to the same circle with center B. The central angle GBH is right, so the arc GH that doesn’t passes through D measures 270º. The angle HDG subtends that arc, so ang(HDG) = 135º.

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  3. From Problem 186, B is the circumcentre of Tr. HDG and since < B = 90, the result follows

    Sumith Peiris
    Moratuwa
    Sri Lanka

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  4. From problem 186, BD=BG and with the same rationale behind, BH=BD
    <BDG=<BGF=x
    <DBC=180-2x
    <DBA=2x-90
    <BDH=(180-(2x-90))/2=135-x
    <HDG=<BDH+<BDG=135-x+x=135

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